Summer Paris 2024 - General Discussion

[RussellEbertHandball]

I put this in Drummond's Day 1 thread at about 7am before I went back to sleep and explained how I calculated it at post #156 in the thread.

In there I said I have been looking for 25 years for this sort of table but never found it so I thought bugger it I will give it a crack here this Olympics.

Drummond do you want me to put it as the last post of Day X thread or after your opening post of Day X+1 thread?


To the left is national medal count, to the right is medal count to individuals for that nation.

 

[Sippa]

Dylan Alcott is utterly awful

 

[PoopingHindi]

Dylan Alcott is utterly awful

stop watching terrestrial tv.
every sport is available on stream and you don’t have to deal with the presenters.

 

[Royces Hart]

I saw Sam McClure on last night and it nearly ruined the Olympic movement for me.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I saw Sam McClure on last night and it nearly ruined the Olympic movement for me.

I assumed he made some laboured point about a potential controversial issue.

 

[Royces Hart]

I assumed he made some laboured point about a potential controversial issue.

He was talking to Owen Wright about the surfing.

I could see him getting sunburned just talking about it from the studio.

 

[magpie_marty]

Well done to the Aussie cyclist Grace Brown very tough conditions,
Just wondering did the American girl that finished 3rd have 3 falls during the race?

* Edit never mind what a great effort 3 falls and still a bronze.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Wondering what the bloody hell is in those boxes they hand out to medalists on the podium?

Its a poster. But wait there is more after they get off the podium.

https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympics-award-athletes-podium-medals-poster-mascot

But there is one intriguing element: a reward given to the medal-winning athletes at the same time as their precious medals. Here are some explanations.

During the ceremonies for the Olympic winners at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the athletes on the podium are presented with their medals. During this ceremony, they are also presented with another gift, one that many find mysterious. It was a box measuring around forty centimetres containing the official poster for the event. The poster, designed by Ugo Gattoni, was not the only gift given to the medallists.

After the ceremony (and not on the podium), they also receive a gold, silver or bronze medal-winning mascot. They are made in France at the Doudou & Compagnie factory in La Guerche-de-Bretagne. Gold, silver or bronze medals are represented by the medal emblem sewn onto the mascot's belly, by the colour of the trainers and by the text "Bravo" in French on the back of the Phryge.

 

[AdelaideGT]

The Poo emoji in red velvet lol

 

[dogs105]

The app interface is horrible/not user friendly. 7’s one for the last games was miles better.

Additionally the official app is an interface designed in 2005. Much harder to check and follow results than it should be.

Stan is really good

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Flicked over to Gem and heard John Harker calling the water polo. Must be his 8th or 9th games getting that gig. probably means he will double up and do the boxing again.

 

[Tadpole]

The Poo emoji in red velvet lol

Now I can’t unsee that.

 

[Gavin Excell]

There are simply way too many gold medals handed out in the pool

Freestyle, backstroke, medley, relays etc all over different distances that the same people compete in

I mean Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt are the greatest athletes of recent generations and have a quarter of the gold of Phelps

 

[dogs105]

There are simply way too many gold medals handed out in the pool

Freestyle, backstroke, medley, relays etc all over different distances that the same people compete in

I mean Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt are the greatest athletes of recent generations and have a quarter of the gold of Phelps

You'd hate gymnastics...

 

[Royces Hart]

Six degrees overnight in Brisbane tonight.

Can’t wait to watch beach volleyball girls in puffer jackets and uggies, keying cars with their nipples.

 

[Gavin Excell]

You'd hate gymnastics...

A star gymnast can't accumulate golds like swimming

 

[Jamolad]

fknlol @ that dude they have to get the swimming cap off the bottom of the pool.

Watch him go viral

 

[Donakebab]

You'd hate gymnastics...

Swimming has like three times the amount of medals on offer.

 

[dogs105]

A star gymnast can't accumulate golds like swimming

Larisa Latynina - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Gavin Excell]

Larisa Latynina - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Phelps 23 *absurd
Spitz 9
Dressel 8
Bondi 8

I mean really

 

[Kram]

There are simply way too many gold medals handed out in the pool

Freestyle, backstroke, medley, relays etc all over different distances that the same people compete in

I mean Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt are the greatest athletes of recent generations and have a quarter of the gold of Phelps

They could've also ran in the 400m.. or taken up the 110m hurdles... that's how different the swimming disciplines are.. Lewis and Bolt lacking the ability or moreso the work ethic to do so is on them.

 

[dogs105]

They could've also ran in the 400m.. or taken up the 110m hurdles... that's how different the swimming disciplines are.. Lewis and Bolt lacking the ability or moreso the work ethic to do so is on them.

I'd like to see Bolt in the 50k walk

 

[Gavin Excell]

They could've also ran in the 400m.. or taken up the 110m hurdles... that's how different the swimming disciplines are.. Lewis and Bolt lacking the ability or moreso the work ethic to do so is on them.

Ffs

 

[Gavin Excell]

Micky mouse events swimming

 

[Gavin Excell]

1 athletics gold = 4 swimming